Welcome to the Office of Equity, Social Justice and Multicultural Education!
For more information and special accomodations at our in person reach out to DSPS at this email. You can review De Anza's Web Accessibility info page.
The Equity Office is part of De Anza's E
quity and Engagement Division. We are committed to the college's Student Equity Plan for 2019-2022.
Office of Equity Mission Statement
The Office of Equity, Social Justice and Multicultural Education promotes — through programs and services — an academic, cultural and social environment that provides equity, social justice and academic success for all members of the De Anza College campus community. It supports the district and college missions, which consider diversity an essential component of student education in the 21st century.
The Equity Office takes this charge seriously. We have expanded our mission of fostering a climate of healthy diversity that values individual and group differences and respects the perspectives of others by working to eliminate institutional oppression or barriers that perpetuate inequity, injustice, and mono-cultural education.
Upcoming Events
Asha - Artist in Residence 2023
IN GUJARATI MEANING HOPE AND SWAHILI MEANING LIFE
ASHA is a queer, disabled, multidisciplinary artist, abolitionist educator, and child of the East African Desi diaspora currently located in the Bay Area of California. She has been featured on the cover of Content Magazine, KQED Arts, and many of the prominent poetry events in the Bay Area, as well as an active speaker, emcee, and performer at numerous rallies and marches for civil and human rights. Her Tedx tells her own personal story of identity through poetry. She published Crawling in my Skin in 2019, a Kafkaesque exploration of the mind and mental health through the metaphor of ants, which was featured by Brown Girl Mag in 2021, and her latest book release, Not Your Masi’s Generation, a memoir-like workbook that tackles mental health and healing from intergenerational trauma. Currently she is using the book to run workshops with students in order to support their emotional learning and build the bridge between academics, the arts, and mental health.
ASHA was a public-school teacher for the last 10 years in the bay area. She trains teachers throughout California on educational equity, policy and healing. Her dream is to establish her own K-12 center for education rooted in restorative practices, art, and social justice-based standards. ASHA consistently uses her platform to voice out against injustice and to speak up for those who have been marginalized and silenced for centuries.
Visual Art Exhibit
Evening Hours: May 9th and May 18th [6-9pm]
Closing Reception: May 25th [ 5-7pm] @ California History Center
Queer and Now Conference
June 6th, 2023 at 11am -4pm
Conference Room A + B | Hinson Campus Center
Format in Person
Contact Jamie Pelusi
This is in person event centering the voices and experiences of our queer identified students and colleagues while being inspired by motivating speakers and creative performances.
Equity Champion Awards
For More Information: EquityOffice@deanza.edu
Learn more about the awards winners in the 2023 Equity Champion Awards website.
For Special Accommodations, please reach out to Adriana Garcia at garciaadriana@deanza.edu.
Diwali Orientation and Recruitment
Wednesay, May 3, 2023 at 1:30-2:30pm @ Office of Equity
The Diwali Planning Committee had a great activity last week for the annual Diwali event happening in the Fall quarter by hosting an orientation and recruitment event. There was about 40-50 staff, students and faculty who attended and signed up to serve in a committee. If you are interested, please sign up at diwali@fhda.edu.
We are looking at late October 2023 for this great cultural event hosted by our Southeast Asian colleagues and allies.
Standing Against Racism
Find Resources here
Black Lives Matter
Please reach out to our colleagues at BFSA via email bfsa@deanza.edu for expressions of solidarity.
You can donate to the following accounts for financial support.
Get Involved
On Campus: African American Studies, Students UMOJA, Black Student Union, and with our colleagues BFSA -Black Faculty, Staff, Association, Men of Color,
Community: Movement for BLM, White-Allies SURJ, Asian Allies _People's Movement for Justice and Liberation,
For other upcoming Heritage Months...
Please reach out to the affinity groups, DALA (Raza History Month), APASA for Diwali, Filipinx Studies (Filipino American History Month), the Land Acknowledgment working committee (Indigenous Peoples Day and Thankstaken), BFSA, and the LGBTQ Affinity Group or Pride Center
Muwekma Tribe - Call to Action
OFFICE OF EQUITY'S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Learn - Muwekma Ohlone Tribe and Partnering Up For a Brighter Future w/POST
Donate - Muwekma Foundation and Help Restore Federal Recognition to Muwekma and COVID Relief Fund
Act - Sign the petition urging California's legislators to pass the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe resolution SJR 13 and Sign the Muwekma Letter to RESTORE FEDERAL RECOGNITION Back to the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Region
De Anza 22-23 Multicultural Calendars
The De Anza Heritage Month Workgroup creates and maintains resources for the multicultural calendars. For more information review:
To promote your multicultural events on our website and/or arrange accommodations for events, send information/requests to equityoffice@deanza.edu. To provide updates/feedback about the calendars contact the Heritage Month Co-Chairs Lee and Ron.
Additional Information at: https://tinyurl.com/DAHeritage
Learn More about the Tamien Nation
The Tamien Nation is indigenous to Santa Clara County and De Anza College lands; watch a video of a presentation by their Chairwoman to learn more.
Video Source: Santa Clara University's Archives and Special Collections "Voices from the Aboriginal Homeland: The History of the Tamien Nation" with featured speaker Quirina Luna Geary, Enrolled Citizen and Chairwoman of the Tamien Nation (January 25, 2022)
Learn more at: https://www.tamien.org/
The Race in Racial Equity Workshop and Interactive Activities
In AY 21-22 we started an exploration of individual and collective definitions of Equity and Equality. In AY 22-23 we are turning our attention to the race in racial equity. If you missed the workshop, check out the video and interactive activities for equity practitioners, students, and community members that are posted at the resource site. The interactive activites are resources for unpacking the hidden, unspoken, unexamined, and pervasive philosophies/ideologies of race, racism, and racial equity that shape our educational practices and policies.
Race Ideologies Resource Site: https://tinyurl.com/RaceIdeologiesResources
Racelessness Learning Community
The video recording of our amazing and informative workshop with Dr. Sheena Mason from District Opening Day will post in the coming weeks. All District employees are invited to join us for the soon to launch Racelessness Learning Community with Dr. Sheena Mason.
Bookmark the learning community page at: https://www.tinyurl.com/FHDARacelessness
More Opportunities to Learn
For the latest information about workshops and opportunities to learn with Dr. Tabia Lee, Faculty Director for the Office of Equity, Social Justice, and Multicultural Education visit Dr. Lee's website
Stop Asian Hate
- Here is a teaching guide from San Francisco State's Department of Asian American Studies and the Center for Equity and Excellence in Teaching and Learning: Teaching Days after Anti Asian Violence.
- And a reading list compiled by Vox.
- Be inspired by The Atlantic on "Why This Wave of Anti-Asian Racism Feels Different."
- Find ways to be involved with Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Atlanta chapter).
- One example, is this solidarity statement written by De Anza's African American Studies.
- See these other college resources to support this ongoing journey to Stand Against Racism, currently very present against the Black community and the Asian community but not limited to the Latinx and faith based communinties, particular to the Muslim community.
- Here is this self directed study to further our justice analysis.
On-Demand Jewish Inclusion & Anti-Semitism Community Education
In Winter 2022 a virtual summit was hosted to center Jewish Inclusion at a time when anti-Semitism is on the rise locally and globally. The Jewish Inclusion and Anti-Semitism Community Education Summit topics included: Defining Anti-Semitism, Protecting Freedom of Expression in the Face of Rising Intolerance, Crossing the Line 2: The New Face of Anti-Semitism on Campus, Intersectional Identities: Diverse Voices from the Jewish Community, and Forgotten Refugees: The Mass Exodus of Jews from Arab Countries and Iran in the 20th Century. We are most thankful to the community advisors and panelists who made the summit a great success!
Please visit the Summit website to review the event recordings and explore the resources to extend the learning: https://tinyurl.com/DeAnzaJewishInclusion
For more information contact: Dr. Tabia Lee, Faculty Director for the Office of Equity, Social Justice, and Multicultural Education
2021 Event Recordings
Watch some of our previous events for Equity inspiration.
- Get Paid for Being Woke: Social Justice Career Panel (Jan 21, 2021)
- Disability Justice (Jan 28, 2021)
- First Annual Sandra Diaz Nursing Professions Career Panel (April 27, 2021)
- Health Care Providers Career Panel (May 12, 2021)
- Ethnic Studies Multiracial Panel IICS by Intercultural and International Studies Division (April-May 2021)
- Then and Now: A Conversation on the History of Racism in the United States (April 6, 2021)
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Becoming a Student-Ready Campus with Lasana Hotep (September 2021)
Districtwide Professional Development
Dr Joy DeGruy: The Conversation Continues
In April 2021, the district held the third event in a series of conversations with
Dr. Joy DeGruy to deepen our understanding of the effects of institutional racism, discrimination,
and marginalization, and steps we can take within our district to become a more equitable
learning and work environment. here is this recommended self directed study for this
event. Check out her YouTube Channel
For More Informaiton: Pat Hylan HylandPat@deanza.edu.
LibGuide
To continue exploring and studying Dr. DeGruy's work, please visit this Foothill-De Anza LibGuide: An Introduction to Dr. Joy DeGruy and Anti-Racism
For more information, please send an email to Keri Kirkpatrick kirkpatrickkeri@fhda.edu
Stop Asian Hate
- Stop AAPI Hate: You can report incidents of aggression, racial profiling, and violence here in English, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese. The Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council created this reporting center.
- In this historic year of cultural shifts, we invite you to align to the core values of equity and social justice. We have opportunities to be upstanders and we can learn from these Educational Resources on Anti-Asian Scapegoating created by the Asian American Studies department.
- Here is a teaching guide from San Francisco State's Department of Asian American Studies and the Center for Equity and Excellence in Teaching and Learning: Teaching Days after Anti Asian Violence.
- And a reading list compiled by Vox.
- Be inspired by The Atlantic on "Why This Wave of Anti-Asian Racism Feels Different."
- Find ways to be involved with Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Atlanta chapter).
- One example, is this solidarity statement written by De Anza's African American Studies.
- See these other college resources to support this ongoing journey to Stand Against Racism, currently very present against the Black community and the Asian community but not limited to the Latinx and faith based communinties, particular to the Muslim community.
- Here is this self directed study to further our justice analysis.
We Stand by Our International Students at De Anza
- Please refer to the International Student Program website for support, direct questions and inquiries.
- Here is the latest solidarity statement for Myanmar by ISP and the Office of Equity
Equity and Justice Resources
What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!
Please see our Conceptual Framework visual, explore our website regarding Guiding Assumption and Core Values and equity resources as well as student resources during this online learning experience. Check out these webpages, too:
- Standing Against Racism – college resources to support your equity and social justice journey
- More Ways to Study Equity – additional links, tools and guides for the current civil rights landscape.
- How to be Anti-Racist in a Virtual Environment - great resource from Leading Equity LLC
Stay Connected!
All of us in the academy and in the culture as a whole are called to renew our minds if we are to transform educational institutions-and society-so that the way we live, teach, and work can reflect our joy in cultural diversity, our passion for justice, and our love of freedom.
- bell hooks, scholar
